Cities on volcanoes 8: Living in harmony with volcano - Bridging the will of nature to society

A volcano is one of nature’s most beautiful creations and it is built from successive volcanic eruptions. It can be exciting and fascinating, but also very dangerous. It is capable of creating harmful, whether during an eruption or a period of quiescence. It blesses people living at the foot slope of volcano with beautiful scenery and fertile land, but on the other hand it delivers disaster due to its violent eruption to their homes.

A volcano is natural systems and always has some element of unpredictability. Therefore the aim of the conference is to gather ideas, experiences and wisdom how to face volcanic disaster to reduce casualties and losses.